Public Service

Before his election to the Texas House of Representatives, Rep. Smith served from 1991-1996 as a City Councilperson in Euless, Texas. *In 1996, he was elected by the people in Texas House District 92 to serve as their State Representative, representing constituents in Hurst, Euless, Bedford, Arlington, Grand Prairie and Fort Worth. He was re-elected without opposition in 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006 and with 88.5% of the vote in 2002.

HONORS
Named “Outstanding Legislator” by The Texas Police Chiefs Association
Named “Legislative Star” by The Texas Classroom Teachers Association
Named “Fighter for Free Enterprise” by the Texas Association of Business & Chambers of Commerce
Received the “Legislative Excellence Award” from the Texas Municipal Police Association.

LEGISLATIVE COMMITEES
Current

• Appropriations Committee (Education Subcommittee) and the Elections Committee

Previous

• Vice-Chair of the Judicial Affairs Committee and on the Government Reform Committee (78th Session)
• Appropriations Committee (76th, 77th & 79th Sessions)
• Public Education Committee (76th & 77th Sessions)
• Joint Select Committee on Public School Finance (77th Session)
• Committee on the Equalization of Appellate Court Funding (77th Session)
• The Select Committee on Teacher Health Insurance (76th & 77th Sessions)
• Criminal Jurisprudence Committee (76th Session)
• Select Committee on Judicial Interpretations of Law (76th Session)
• Financial Institutions Committee (75th Session)
• Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee (75th Session).

APPOINTMENTS

• Appointed to represent the State of Texas on the Southern Regional Education Board by then Governor George W. Bush
• Appointed to the Task Force on Indigent Defense and the Texas Judicial Council by Speaker of the House, Tom Craddick
• Appointed to the Budgets and Revenue committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures by Speaker Craddick (April 2005)
• Appointed to The National Conference of State Legislatures Committee on Education (July 1999) by then Speaker of the House Pete Laney
• Appointed to The NCSL Council for State Health Leadership Development (November 1997) by then Speaker of the House Pete Laney
  

* The Texas Legislature is in session for 4 months every other year.